Desktop Kite

A paper kite floats across your screen and chases your cursor — swooping when you sweep, gliding in lazy circles when you rest. Your cursor is the wind.

Fly the Kite
Try it live
Sweep your cursor and the kite chases it with real overshoot physics. Rest, and it glides on its own. Tap for a loop.
How it flies
  • Your cursor is the wind
    A loose spring with real overshoot — the kite doesn’t follow your mouse, it chases it, banking and wobbling like paper on a string.
  • Swoops and whooshes
    Fast sweeps turn into real swoops with a soft whoosh of moving air — and the counter quietly counts your swoops.
  • Tap for a loop
    Touch the sky and the kite pulls a full loop-the-loop with a rising chime.
  • It glides on its own
    Leave the wind to rest and the kite doesn’t fall — it glides in slow lazy circles over drifting clouds and the odd distant bird.
Keep it nearby

Windows
Soon

macOS
Soon

Linux
Soon

Android & iOS
Soon
The web app works today on every device — open it and choose “Add to Home Screen” to fly the kite on your phone.

Desktop Kite is a small patch of sky for people who miss flying something. It is an independent product of Astro Daily.